Annotated Bibs (UWRT Inquiry)

Sophie Clyburn

1) Arnheim, Rudolf. "New Essays on the Psychology of Art." Goodreads. University of

California Press, 11 Mar. 1986. Web. 30 Mar. 2016.

This book was essential for understanding the artistic perspective and what art means to different
people, through therapy or education. The author has used a variety of examples to show
what art does to the human mentality and how we interact with expression and ingenuity.
He is very concerned with visual perception and the causes/effects of imagery on the
psychology of the individual. Arnheim was a German perceptual psychologist that wrote
many books and articles on the effects of visual stimulation from the arts.

I think this book will help me teach my audience what they may not understand they feel/see
when they view art or something aesthetic. It will add more credibility and concise terms to
my inquiry because of the scientific background and research presented.
-In a broader sense, every detail represented in content of a picture, not only adds to what we
know, but changes what we see.

2) "ERIC - Coming to Our Senses: The Significance of the Arts for American Education. A Panel
Report., 1977." ERIC - Coming to Our Senses: The Significance of the Arts for American
Education. A Panel Report., 1977. Americans for the Art, Mar.-Apr. 2003. Web. 30 Mar.
2016.

The text was informative about the benefits of art classes or education combined with other
academic classes. It accessed the performance of students in the US who took art as their
elective and measured the possible rise when taking a more openly creative class. The book

was written in the 70s, but is certainly still as relevant. Overall, the report shows a visible
increase in academic performance when students participate in the arts.
I completely agreed with the report and the concern of elevating creativity in the classroom. This
wasnt presented as a cute article, but rather very scientifically, so it will add credibility.

3) Heunks, Felix J. "Innovation, Creativity and Success." - Springer. Small Business Economics,
15 May 1998. Web. 30 Mar. 2016.

The text goes into how creativity leads to innovation and what role this plays in a small business
firms and community. Creativity from a non artistic perspective allows for more ideas and
opinions. He talks about how creativity can be started: motivation, education, and personal
nature.

I was glad to have found this when researching because it was still upholding my idea of humans
and creativity being together forever, but shown in a different light. A business light! It will
allow for a paragraph with non art examples of creative instinct and the creative muscle being
used to succeed in other venues of life.
- The chances of a small firm to survive and succeed are becoming ever more dependent on
innovation.
4) Witcombe, Christopher L.C.E. "Modernism: Art for Art's Sake." Modernism: Art for Art's
Sake. Art History Resources, 24 Oct. 1995. Web. 30 Mar. 2016.

Art for Arts Sake is an opinionated article by an art historian. He wants to show his audience
that it has increasingly become about exercising freedom and expressing anything. Political
messages, emotional expression, and humor are apart of the art expressions he discusses.
History is also a major part, helping the authors point of art having a point.
This will be a major component for my quotes (related to my point of view)
-For art to be an effective instrument of social betterment, it needed to be understood by as
many people as possible. But it was not a matter of simply manipulating images, it was the

true art behind the image that was deemed important. Art can be many things and one
example may look quite different from the next. But something called art is common to
all. Whatever this true art was, it was universal; like the scientific truth of the
Enlightenment. All art obviously possessed it.
5) Spivey, Nigel Jonathan. "THE EPIC STORY OF HOW HUMANS MADE ART, AND
ART MADE US HUMAN." PBS. PBS, 15 Jan. 2006. Web. 16 Mar. 2016.

This video is about how imagery affects us in many ways. It is concentrated on how
visual art can make someone think or feel a certain way. Starting with ancient art and
what the purposes were to current modern expression only art. This is a video aired on
PBS in 2005 and is credible because they are known for making informing
documentaries on a range of subjects. It was created for the masses and not only
people interested specifically in art. This short film wants to show how art is connected
to humans and our history.
I think this will be a major source for my inquiry because it goes perfectly with what I am
trying to accomplish Showing the relevance of art and its eternal connection to
humans. I will pull out specific quotes that will support the rest of my research from
other sources for a well rounded inquiry. I think the video was well explained and
encompassed many different pieces and types of art to help the audience understand
the title how art made humans and how art makes us human. This video could be
helpful to anyone trying to explain significance of art in the inquiry.

6)
Koestler, Arthur. The Act of Creation. New York: Macmillan, 1965. Print.

Arthur Koestler wrote this book in the 60s about the processes of creating. His main
idea is trying to understand in depth the theory of human creativity. He breaks it down
into periods of discovery, invention, and usage in society.
This book would not be enough to base a lot of my research off of, but it would help give
me a better understanding of the process of creating and I could explain it well in a
paragraph of my inquiry. Its audience is directed towards more arty and scientific types
and not the masses, so it will be essential that I can explain it in normal terms. This will
be one of two or three very scientific sources I will be pulling my information from.
7)Stokstad, Marilyn, Marion Spears. Grayson, and Stephen Addiss. Art History. New
York: H.N. Abrams, 1995. Print.

This book examined art from the historical aspect and the effects of these societies
represented through art they created for known purposes. The two contributors are well
versed art historians, one the president of College Art History Association